SE Linux is a feature of the Linux kernel that provides mandatory access control. This policy based access control system grants far greater control over the resources on a machine than standard Linux access controls such as permissions.
Many modern Linux distributions are shipping with SELinux enabled by default, Fedora 14 and Rhel 6 both install with it enabled.
When you run Recital Web on a SELinux enabled machine and navigate to the default.rsp page you will see something similar to the screen shot below.
If you launch the SELinux troubleshooter you will see the following problem.
SELinux is blocking the apache server from accessing the Recital server running on port 8001.
To manage you SELinux policy you must have the policycoreutils package group installed. The policycoreutils contains the policy core utilities that are required for basic operation of a SELinux system.
If you wish to use a GUI tool, you must install the policycoreutils-gui package.
At the command prompt execute the following:
As root
$ yum install policycoreutils
$ semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 8001
$ service recital restart
$ service httpd restart
We use the semanage command here to allow the http server access to port 8001. Once you have completed the steps detailed above you can go and navigate back to the default.rsp page in your borwser, where you will find the permission denied message is now replaced by the default.rsp page.
SELinux does a great job of restricting services and daemons so rather than simply disabling it, why not work with it!
When it comes to security, every little bit helps...
To access the menu bar in Recital, press the / key.
Full details on Recital Function Keys can be found in the Key Assist section of the Help menu, or in our documentation wiki here.
Yes, your FoxPlus and FoxPRO applications should run under Recital with little to no changes at all. We provide expert product support if you have any questions or problems. If you lack the resources to move your applications into Recital we can provide that service to you also if required.
Recital is a proven and cost-effective database solution that will help reduce the cost of your database and application software infrastructure substantially. As an added benefit, Recital can run many legacy applications with little to no change as it understands FoxBASE, FoxPRO and Clipper languages as a subset of it's overall capability.
In this article Barry Mavin, CEO and Chief Software Architect for Recital details how to Build C Extension Libraries to use with Recital.
Overview
It is possible to extend the functionaliy of Recital products using "Extension libraries" that can be written in C. These extension libraries, written using the Recital/SDK API, are dynamically loadable from all Recital 9 products. This includes:
- Recital
- Recital Server
- Recital Web
Building C Extension Libraries
You can create C wrappers for virtually any native operating system function and access these from the Recital 4GL. Unlike traditional APIs which only handle the development of C functions that are callable from the 4GL, the Recital/SDK allows you to build Classes that are accessible from all Recital products. e.g. You could create a GUI framework for Linux that handles VFP system classes!
To deploy your C Extension Libraries, copy them to the following location:
Windows:
\Program Files\Recital\extensions
Linux/Unix:
/opt/recital/extensions
Please see the Recital/SDK API Reference documentation for further details.
Sample code
Listed below is the complete example of a C Extension Library.:
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include "mirage_demo.h" //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Declare your functions and classes below as follows: // // Recital Function Name, C Function Name, Type (Function or Class) // #define MAX_ELEMENTS 7 static struct API_SHARED_FUNCTION_TABLE api_function_table[MAX_ELEMENTS] = { {"schar", "fnSamplesCharacter", API_FUNCTION}, {"stype", "fnSamplesType", API_FUNCTION}, {"slog", "fnSamplesLogical", API_FUNCTION}, {"snum", "fnSamplesNumeric", API_FUNCTION}, {"sopen", "fnSamplesOpen", API_FUNCTION}, {"myclass", "clsMyClass", API_CLASS}, {NULL, NULL, -1} }; //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Recital API initialization. This should be in only ONE of your C files // **IT SHOULD NEVER BE EDITED OR REMOVED** INIT_API; /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // This is an example of passing a character parameter and returning one. RECITAL_FUNCTION fnSamplesCharacter(void) { char *arg1; if (!_parse_parameters(PCOUNT, "C", &arg1)) { ERROR(-1, "Incorrect parameters"); } _retc(arg1); } /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // This is an example of passing a numeric parameter and returning one. RECITAL_FUNCTION fnSamplesNumeric(void) { int arg1; if (!_parse_parameters(PCOUNT, "N", &arg1)) { ERROR(-1, "Incorrect parameters"); } _retni(arg1); } /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // This is an example returns the data type of the parameter passed. RECITAL_FUNCTION fnSamplesType(void) { char result[10]; if (PCOUNT != 1) { ERROR(-1, "Incorrect parameters"); } switch (_parinfo(1)) { case API_CTYPE: strcpy(result, "Character"); break; case API_NTYPE: strcpy(result, "Numeric"); break; case API_LTYPE: strcpy(result, "Logical"); break; case API_DTYPE: strcpy(result, "Date"); break; case API_TTYPE: strcpy(result, "DateTime"); break; case API_YTYPE: strcpy(result, "Currency"); break; case API_ATYPE: strcpy(result, "Array"); break; default: strcpy(result, "Unkown"); break; } _retc(result); } /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // This is an example returns "True" or False. RECITAL_FUNCTION fnSamplesLogical(void) { char result[10]; int arg1; if (!_parse_parameters(PCOUNT, "L", &arg1)) { ERROR(-1, "Incorrect parameters"); } if (arg1) strcpy(result, "True"); else strcpy(result, "False"); _retc(result); } /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // This example opens a table. RECITAL_FUNCTION fnSamplesOpen(void) { char *arg1; if (!_parse_parameters(PCOUNT, "C", &arg1)) { ERROR(-1, "Incorrect parameters"); } if (_parinfo(1) == API_CTYPE) { _retni(COMMAND(arg1)); } else { _retni(-1); } } /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Define the MyClass CLASS using the API macros /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// RECITAL_EXPORT int DEFINE_CLASS(clsMyClass) { /*-------------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch factory methods and return */ /*-------------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_FACTORY(); /*---------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch constructor and return */ /*---------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_METHOD(clsMyClass, Constructor); /*--------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch destructor and return */ /*--------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_METHOD(clsMyClass, Destructor); /*-----------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch DEFINE method and return */ /*-----------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_METHOD(clsMyClass, Define); /*------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch SET or GET PROPERTY */ /* method for property NumValue */ /* then return. */ /*------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_PROPSET(clsMyClass, NumValue); DISPATCH_PROPGET(clsMyClass, NumValue); /*------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch SET or GET PROPERTY */ /* method for property LogValue */ /* then return. */ /*------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_PROPSET(clsMyClass, LogValue); DISPATCH_PROPGET(clsMyClass, LogValue); /*-------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch SET or GET PROPERTY */ /* method for property DateValue */ /* then return. */ /*-------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_PROPSET(clsMyClass, DateValue); DISPATCH_PROPGET(clsMyClass, DateValue); /*-------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch SET or GET PROPERTY */ /* method for property TimeValue */ /* then return. */ /*-------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_PROPSET(clsMyClass, TimeValue); DISPATCH_PROPGET(clsMyClass, TimeValue); /*-------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch SET or GET PROPERTY */ /* method for property CurrValue */ /* then return. */ /*-------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_PROPSET(clsMyClass, CurrValue); DISPATCH_PROPGET(clsMyClass, CurrValue); /*-------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch SET or GET PROPERTY */ /* method for property CharValue */ /* then return. */ /*-------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_PROPSET(clsMyClass, CharValue); DISPATCH_PROPGET(clsMyClass, CharValue); /*------------------------------*/ /* Dispatch SET or GET PROPERTY */ /* method for property ObjValue */ /* then return. */ /*------------------------------*/ DISPATCH_PROPSET(clsMyClass, ObjValue); DISPATCH_PROPGET(clsMyClass, ObjValue); /*-----------------------------------*/ /* If message not found return error */ /*-----------------------------------*/ OBJECT_RETERROR("Unknown message type"); } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Define METHOD handlers //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// DEFINE_METHOD(clsMyClass, Constructor) { struct example_data *objectDataArea; /* Allocate memory for objects objectData area */ objectDataArea = (struct example_data *) malloc(sizeof(struct example_data)); if (objectDataArea == NULL) return(-1); /* Assign the default property values */ strcpy(objectDataArea->prop_charvalue, "Test API object"); objectDataArea->prop_numvalue = 15.2827; objectDataArea->prop_logvalue = 'F'; strcpy(objectDataArea->prop_datevalue, DATE_DATE()); strcpy(objectDataArea->prop_timevalue, DATE_DATETIME()); strcpy(objectDataArea->prop_currvalue, "15.2827"); strcpy(objectDataArea->object_name, "APIobject"); objectDataArea->prop_objvalue = OBJECT_NEW(objectDataArea->object_name, "exception", NULL); /* Set the object objectData area */ OBJECT_SETDATA((char *)objectDataArea); return(0); } DEFINE_METHOD(clsMyClass, Destructor) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); if (objectData != NULL) { if (objectData->prop_objvalue != NULL) OBJECT_DELETE(objectData->prop_objvalue); free(objectData); objectData = NULL; } return(0); } DEFINE_METHOD(clsMyClass, Define) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); struct API_EXPRESSION result; char buffer[512]; int rc; /* Check the object class */ OBJECT_GETPROPERTY(objectData->prop_objvalue, "class", buffer); rc = OBJECT_GETARG(buffer, &result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'C' && strcmp(result.character, "Exception") == 0) { switch (OBJECT_GETARGC()) { case 1: rc = OBJECT_GETPARAMETER(1, &result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'C') { OBJECT_SETARG(buffer, &result); rc = OBJECT_SETPROPERTY(objectData->prop_objvalue, "message", buffer); } break; case 2: rc = OBJECT_GETPARAMETER(2, &result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'N') { OBJECT_SETARG(buffer, &result); rc = OBJECT_SETPROPERTY(objectData->prop_objvalue, "errorno", buffer); } } } result.type = 'L'; result.logical = (rc == 0 ? 'T' : 'F'); OBJECT_RETRESULT(&result); } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Define GET property handlers //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// DEFINE_PROPERTYGET(clsMyClass, NumValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); if (objectData == NULL) return(-1); OBJECT_RETPROPERTY('N', objectData->prop_numvalue); } DEFINE_PROPERTYGET(clsMyClass, LogValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); if (objectData == NULL) return(-1); OBJECT_RETPROPERTY('L', objectData->prop_logvalue); } DEFINE_PROPERTYGET(clsMyClass, DateValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); if (objectData == NULL) return(-1); OBJECT_RETPROPERTY('D', objectData->prop_datevalue); } DEFINE_PROPERTYGET(clsMyClass, TimeValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); if (objectData == NULL) return(-1); OBJECT_RETPROPERTY('T', objectData->prop_timevalue); } DEFINE_PROPERTYGET(clsMyClass, CurrValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); if (objectData == NULL) return(-1); OBJECT_RETPROPERTY('Y', objectData->prop_currvalue); } DEFINE_PROPERTYGET(clsMyClass, CharValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); if (objectData == NULL) return(-1); OBJECT_RETPROPERTY('C', objectData->prop_charvalue); } DEFINE_PROPERTYGET(clsMyClass, ObjValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); if (objectData == NULL) return(-1); OBJECT_RETPROPERTY('O', objectData->prop_objvalue); } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Define SET property handlers //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// DEFINE_PROPERTYSET(clsMyClass, NumValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); struct API_EXPRESSION result; int rc = OBJECT_ERROR; OBJECT_GETVALUE(&result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'N') { objectData->prop_numvalue = result.number; rc = OBJECT_SUCCESS; } return(rc); } DEFINE_PROPERTYSET(clsMyClass, LogValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); struct API_EXPRESSION result; int rc = OBJECT_ERROR; OBJECT_GETVALUE(&result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'L') { objectData->prop_logvalue = result.logical; rc = OBJECT_SUCCESS; } return(rc); } DEFINE_PROPERTYSET(clsMyClass, DateValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); struct API_EXPRESSION result; int rc = OBJECT_ERROR; OBJECT_GETVALUE(&result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'D') { strcpy(objectData->prop_datevalue, DATE_DTOS(result.date)); rc = OBJECT_SUCCESS; } return(rc); } DEFINE_PROPERTYSET(clsMyClass, TimeValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); struct API_EXPRESSION result; int rc = OBJECT_ERROR; OBJECT_GETVALUE(&result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'T') { strcpy(objectData->prop_timevalue, DATE_TTOS(result.datetime)); rc = OBJECT_SUCCESS; } return(rc); } DEFINE_PROPERTYSET(clsMyClass, CurrValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); struct API_EXPRESSION result; int rc = OBJECT_ERROR; OBJECT_GETVALUE(&result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'Y') { strcpy(objectData->prop_currvalue, CURR_YTOS(result.currency)); rc = OBJECT_SUCCESS; } return(rc); } DEFINE_PROPERTYSET(clsMyClass, CharValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); struct API_EXPRESSION result; int rc = OBJECT_ERROR; OBJECT_GETVALUE(&result); if (result.errno == 0 && result.type == 'C') { strcpy(objectData->prop_currvalue, result.character); rc = OBJECT_SUCCESS; } return(rc); } DEFINE_PROPERTYSET(clsMyClass, ObjValue) { struct example_data *objectData = (struct example_data *)OBJECT_GETDATA(); OBJECT objvalue; int rc = OBJECT_ERROR; if (OBJECT_GETTYPE() == 'O') { objvalue = OBJECT_GETOBJECT(); objectData->prop_objvalue = OBJECT_ASSIGN(objvalue, objectData->object_name); rc = OBJECT_SUCCESS; } return(rc); }
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We are pleased to announce the release of Recital 10.0.3.
Here is a brief list of features and functionality that you will find in the 10.0.3 release.
- New Commands:
- SET TMPNAMPATH ON|OFF
- REMOVE TABLE - New Functions:
- CURSORGETPROP()
- CURSORSETPROP()
- CURVAL()
- GETFLDSTATE()
- OLDVAL()
- TABLEREVERT()
- TABLEUPDATE()
- SETFLDSTATE() - Enhanced Functions:
- TMPNAM() - additional parameter to specify the return of basename only
- MAILATTACH() - parameter changed from array to filename to allow directory and file extension to be specified - Enhancements:
- DO level increased from 32 to 64. - Fixes:
- Delay exiting Recital after SYS(3) or SYS(2015)
- SET SOFTSEEK issue when search key above first record in index
- Compilation error with REPLACE command after UDF call
- FETCH INTO memvars error
- END TRANSACTION at command prompt error
- ROLLBACK locking error
- Linux ODBC Driver undefined symbol error
- RELEASE variable with same name as variable in calling program issue
- SQLCODE() issue on non-gateway data access
- Issuing two SQLEXEC() calls error
- LASTSEQNO() in workareas > 1 error
- SET RELATION to detail table in workarea 1 issue
- LIST STATUS on empty table delay
- SET AUTOCATALOG alias entries error
- ADD OBJECT in DEFINE CLASS error
- DEACTIVATE WINDOW error
- SORT error
- Other reported bugs
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Recital 10.0.1.
Included in this version are:
- Improved SQL query optimizer
- *New* apache plugin for building Recital web apps on x86_64 (mod_recital64.so)
- Performance improvements in connections to Recital Server and Recital Web.
- Recital ODBC driver performance improvements and bug fixes
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
Existing Recital 10 users can download the patch file and apply it to an existing installation.
Enjoy!